i mean i've worked with mario cuomo, ed katz, pretty tough customers over the years. it was a skirmish, very important but as far as i'm concerned it's over with. john boehner and i shook hands yesterday but when it comes to fighting for my constituents i had an obligation to do it and the danger was this wasn't just a delay of one day. what i was concerned being pushed over into the new congress this could delay it for months, that's why the speaker yesterday agreed to expedite this and get it done. that was the most significant thing. >> when we talk about a delay and we heard this over from chris christie as well. just to give everyone perspective, we have this graphic, when you see in previous storm disasters congress and the white house managed to get aid bills signed within a month, look at katrina, ten days, andrew, 31 days, double that time with hurricane sandy. what happened? >> the house, we didn't get the bill until last week. the governor submitted very detailed statements. it took them i guess almost a month and in fairness to them they wanted to make sur